Peiter Zatko says DARPA RA-11-52 CTF (Cyber Fast Track) was “launched about 18 hours ago”, which confirms a couple things:
- Cyber is a term not going away anytime soon
- The US government is going to try being a more overt and transparent supporter of Blackhat researchers (i.e. friends and colleagues of Peiter Zatko — “guys in my address book”)
Details on how to apply are online. Given that money is being pulled out of US education, this may offer an alternative path or a softer landing for students who hope to create software.
We need help and we have money